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The U.S. Department of State announced on Wednesday a Request for Proposals from organizations, not state-owned but private civic organizations, interested in submitting proposals for projects that promote democracy, human rights, and rule of law in Sri Lanka.

Even as India is under big political pressure from pro-Eelam supporters, the US has circulated a draft resolution in Geneva against Sri Lanka on Thursday, which militates against India's consistent stand of non-interference in internal affairs of countries.

Consulate General of India in Jaffna has announced that the final distributions of 10000 Bicycles costing 67 million Sri Lankan rupees, covering all the Five Districts of Northern Province has been completed on 4th March 2013.

Kashmir observed a shutdown for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday even as authorities continued curfew in several parts of the valley to prevent deterioration of law and order in the wake of killing of a youth allegedly in Army firing in Baramulla .

Bringing the community together as one nation has been one of the central issues taken up by Consul General Mr. Pradip Jayewardene in Frankfurt, Germany. Several initiatives were taken and activities launched to make this happen.

Friday is Women’s Day but Delhi lags far behind when it comes to ensuring safety of women on streets.
Haryana's ultra-modern city Gurgaon has witnessed yet another gang-rape, adding to the all-pervading fear that has enveloped the mini-city after a string of sexual assaults on women. This time a call centre employee residing in Delhi was allegedly raped by two of her colleagues in a car, police said on Thursday.

Tuberculosis care and control came under gender lens when participants attending Western Regional Consultative Meeting of Partnership for TB Care and Control in India (PTCCI) shared their perspectives on TB and women. This regional consultation was held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh during 5-6 March 2013. If we look at data, number of new TB infections in India was more in men than women. However statistics on male: female ratio in new TB cases is different too in some parts of India.

Breath is life, and yet the importance of lung health is under-recognised, especially in women. No wonder then that lung disease (including respiratory infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), tuberculosis, lung cancer and asthma) accounts for more than 16% deaths among women worldwide.

"States must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law," is the foremost advise the United States is giving Sri Lanka in its Procedural Resolution scheduled for tabling before the current UNHRC Session in Geneva end of this month.

The UN Security Council Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea in response to that country's February 12th announcement of a nuclear test. This resolution, the fifth since 2006, builds upon, strengthens and significantly expands the scope of the strong sanctions regime already in place.

Even as India is under big political pressure from pro-Eelam supporters, the US has circulated a draft resolution in Geneva against Sri Lanka on Thursday, which militates against India's consistent stand of non-interference in internal affairs of countries.